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12/7/2020 Data Workgroup Meeting Notes
These are the notes from the NAA Data meeting on December 7, 2020.
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Food Over Fear: Overcoming Barriers to Connect Latinx Immigrant Families to Federal Nutrition and Food Programs
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This report sheds light on why many immigrant families are forgoing vital assistance from federal nutrition and food programs and lifts up recommendations aimed at ensuring that all families and individuals, regardless of immigration status, a
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Improving Health Equity Through Medical-Legal Partnerships
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As hospitals and health systems continue to address the social determinants of health to improve health equity and community health outcomes, a key strategy has been to work in partnership with other organizations outside of health care.
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Comprehensive Care, Community and Culture Program Evidence Brief
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The research team at the University of Chicago is piloting a randomized controlled trial to establish and begin to evaluate a new model of care: the Comprehensive Care, Community and Culture Program (C4P).
C4P seeks to both address social d
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Interoperability 2020 Post-Acute & Behavioral Health: A First Look at Carequality and CommonWell Early Adopters
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Since it was established in November 2018, the CommonWell-Carequality connection has been utilized mostly by acute and ambulatory care organizations. More recently, post–acute care (home health, hospice, long-term care) and behavioral health o
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A Decade Undone: Youth Disconnection in the Age of Coronavirus
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The number of teens and young adults disconnected from both work and school in the United States fell for the eighth year in a row, from a recession-fueled high of 14.7 percent in 2010 to 11.2 percent in 2018. The Covid-19 pandemic will
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Keeping Youth Out of the Deep End of the Juvenile Justice System
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Funded and supported by the Annie E. Casey Foundation (the Foundation), several communities across the US have undertaken deep-end reform designed to safely and significantly reduce juvenile out-of-home placement, especially for yo
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Availability and Use of Pedestrian Infrastructure Data to Support Active Transportation Planning
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In March 2010, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) released a policy statement supporting the development of fully integrated transportation networks. The policy is to “incorporate safe and convenient walking and bicycle faciliti
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Better Housing Improves People’s Lives—Health Benefits Should Be Seen as a Bonus
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Many advocates hope that addressing the quality of housing, or similar social needs, can help us escape from the quagmire of ever-increasing US health care costs combined with stagnating health outcomes. Their logic is simple: low-income pop
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Innovative State Initiatives and Strategies for Providing Housing-Related Services and Supports under a State Medicaid Program to Individuals with Substance Use Disorders Who Are Experiencing Homeless
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This report is provided in accordance with section 1017 of the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act (Pub. L. No. 115-271), enacted on October 24, 2018, herei
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Benchmarks for a better Vermont - Results-Based Accountability (RBA)
Benchmarks for a Better Vermont offers a variety of opportunities for nonprofits to strengthen their internal capacity, integrate Results-Based Accountability (RBA) into their daily operations, and build a statewide culture of accountability.
RBA Tra
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Standard Business Reporting: Open Data to Cut Compliance Costs
Imagine if U.S. companies' compliance costs could be reduced, by billions of dollars. Imagine if this could happen without sacrificing any transparency to investors and governments. Open data can make that possible.
This first-ever research report, c
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DIGITAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY ACT OF 2014
The Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014, or DATA Act, requires the U.S. federal government to transform its spending information into open data.
President Barack Obama signed the DATA Act (Public Law No. 113-101 official text) into la
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October 16, 2020 National Action Agenda Whole Group Meeting Slides
Presentation slides for the NAA whole group meeting on October 16, 2020.
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November 13, 2020 All Participant NAA Meeting Slides
Presentation slides for the November 13, 2020 NAA meeting.
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Social Determinants of Health Policies Require Strong Rollout
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- Housing quality is intrinsically tied with air quality, both of which are key social determinants of health. If someone lives in a housing environment with poor air quality, it will be far more challenging to attain and maintain wellness
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Machine Learning Helps Reduce Food Insecurity During COVID-19
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- Researchers in Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute were able to use machine learning technology to reduce food insecurity in Pennsylvania communities during the pandemic. The team leveraged advanced analytics tools to create
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Why experts say healthcare needs to extend the interoperability conversation to public health
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- Bringing these groups into the fold is beneficial both to providers' work but also to their own efforts, he said. For example, a food pantry would benefit from having data on people's allergies, and a homeless shelter should have access
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